Gary Pasternack, MD, Ph.D.

Gary Pasternack, MD, PhD is Chief Executive Officer of Asklepion Pharmaceuticals.  He is a seasoned biotech executive with a history of identifying opportunities for challenging, innovative technologies and driving them to product stage and commercialization. As one example, he is a co-founder of Intralytix where he identified food safety opportunities for bacteriophages, obtained initial funding for the company, and helped the company obtain FDA approval for its initial products involving the application of bacteriophages (live viruses) to food to eliminate food-borne bacterial pathogens.

Most recently, after joining Asklepion in 2008, he led Asklepion’s successful efforts to obtain FDA and EMA approval for Cholbam® (cholic acid) in the US and Kolbam® (cholic acid) in the EU based principally upon retrospective studies of patients with inborn errors of bile acid metabolism, earning a Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher from the FDA. Dr. Pasternack is a board-certified pathologist who maintains an adjunct academic appointment at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins. He is an inventor on 29 issued US patents.

What's Happening

Student Achievements

Ingenuity Scholars Shine at Morgan State University Engineering and Science Fair

BALTIMORE – The Morgan State University Science-Mathematics-Engineering Fair was held… Read More

Ingenuity Students Awarded Fellowships by the Sandra Lee Heyman Foundation

Ingenuity Scholars Receive Fellowship PROGRAM SELECTS 41 MORE STUDENTS, EXPANDS… Read More

Poly’s Chess Team Wins 5th Place at US Chess National Competition!

Ingenuity students powered Baltimore Polytechnic Institute's Chess Team to a… Read More

Application Timeline

November 1, 2024Ingenuity Application OPENS
November 2024- March 2025Middle School Open Houses with Ingenuity Middle School Information Sessions (See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
November 14, 2024Poly's Open House with Ingenuity High School Information Sessions (5:30 - 7:30 PM)
November 16, 2024Ingenuity Middle School Virtual Information Session (7:00 - 8:00 PM) - See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
November 20, 2024Ingenuity Middle School Virtual Information Session (7:00 - 8:00 PM) - See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
December 14, 2024City Schools' Middle and High School Choice Fair (Baltimore Convention Center)
November 2024-January 2025Ingenuity High School Admissions Test Sessions (NO Middle School test for 2024-25 Admissions)
January 24, 2025Ingenuity Application DEADLINE (Same as Baltimore City Public Schools Choice Deadline)
February 28, 2025Ingenuity Admissions DECISIONS RELEASED
July 21-31, 2025Ingenuity Rising 6th Grade Summer Academy (for all accepted students)

Our Partners

Ingenuity Project Headquarters

1400 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, USA

410-662-8665

James McHenry Elementary School

31 S Schroeder St, Baltimore, MD 21223, USA

(410) 396-1621

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

1400 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, United States

410-396-7026

Hamilton Middle School

6101 Old Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214, United States

410-396-6375

Mount Royal Middle School

121 McMechen St, Baltimore, MD 21217, United States

410-396-0864

Roland Park Middle School

5207 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210, United States

410-396-6420

Locations / Schools

Ingenuity Project Headquarters
1400 West Cold Spring Lane
410-662-8665


James McHenry Elementary School
31 S Schroeder St
(410) 396-1621


Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
1400 West Cold Spring Lane
410-396-7026


Hamilton Middle School
6101 Old Harford Road
410-396-6375


Mount Royal Middle School
121 McMechen St
410-396-0864


Roland Park Middle School
5207 Roland Avenue
410-396-6420